As an American myself, I've asked several people this question. No one seems to know why either. Is it strategic position in the world? I don't think they have anything the US can exploit besides that really. Am I missing something? Political arguing aside what exactly is the motivation? Thanks for any explanations.

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[–] 139 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (11 children)

AIPAC political donations to lawmakers and politicians. They're the second largest lobby contributor and influence politicians for Israel.

They're responsible for promoting the idea behind the Evangelical salvation end days propaganda that induces people to think a war in Israel will bring on apocalypse and rapture.

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  • [–] 58 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Evangelicals look forward to the rapture. I've been to a lot of Evangelical churches, and, without exception, they want it to come.

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    You communicated that part badly, your comment looks like you are saying it's false and the only reason people believe Evangelicals want that is because of AIPAC.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Who funds AIPAC is probably a better question.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    We do. The US government gives billions of dollars to Israel, who in turn launders that back into AIPAC and into our politicians pockets. Sure, there are other donors like Miriam Adelson, but she can't fund the entire government (even though it takes as little as $10,000 to get a politician to change their vote.)

    https://www.trackaipac.com/congress

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    The US government has legalized bribery in the form of Political Action Committees, aka "PACs". Each PAC is a special interest group that contributes to a politician in order to help get them elected. The PAC then expects an ROI - return on investment - for the money they contributed to the campaign. The ROI usually comes in the form of shilling for said special interest.

    To add fuel to the fire, when Citizens United was overturned in 2010, it allowed dark money to be invested into campaigns. This shit was so significant, that I can actually remember where I was when I heard about it and can still feel the echos of dread. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained

    This country is fucked. No politician will ever vote to repeal that. Why would they? The amount of money they receive from it would make Scrooge McDuck blush.

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  • [–] -5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    jeees you love a religious conspiracy fantasy eh

    the jews needed a place to go and palestine had loads of land for sale

    the rest is history

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    WTAF is wrong with you?

    If Jewish people have a "Right to exist," do Palestinians? If not, then where should they go?

    People have a right to exist, but states do not. States change. Does Ukraine have a right to exist? They used to be a part of the USSR and were solidly inside those boundaries. Is Russia's incursion into their sovereign territory lawful?

    Where do you draw the line? Who gets to exist and who gets to die? What about the children who were born there? Do you just say, "woops, you suck because I hate your parents. die, babies."

    The future is not history and you are a Zionist prick.

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